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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SW 1133
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:CHILTON MANOR

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1899. Originally an early aisled house which underwent considerable modifications later in the Middle Ages. There is a later partially surviving upper end cross wing of circa 1400, dformerly jettied at front and side


Grid Reference:TQ 9108 6289
Map Sheet:TQ96SW
Parish:SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1031372: CHILTON MANOR

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5282 HIGHSTED ROAD (East Side) SITTINGBOURNE Chilton Manor TQ 96 SW 9/35 II 2. An C18 house altered in the C19. 2 storeys red brick, Hipped tiled roof. 7 sashes with glazing bars intact. Victorian projection and gable in the centre of the West front. Original projection on the East.
Listing NGR: TQ9108462898 (1)

Dendrochronology dating of reused roof timbers above the C18 stairs gave a date range of 1524-1559. (2)

HIStoric England archive material (4)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 19, Pg. 49 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

<4> Historic England, Archive material associated with Chilton Manor, Sittingbourne, Listed Building (Archive). SKE56336.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 19, Pg. 49.
<3>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
<4>Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Chilton Manor, Sittingbourne, Listed Building.